Air-ship.



' PMENEFBDmlsz'tAB..1o,1908, J. w.v MONTGOMERY. 'y

AIR SHIP.y APPLIQATION HLED 00T. 9, 1907.

3 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

John WMorgSomy w' y a I www@ l 'l PATENTBD MAR.10 190s. J. w. MONTGOMERY.

AIR SHIP. APrLIoATIoN HLED 00T. a, 1907.

:a sums-sum' s.

nwntoz attenua.,

, the following isa specification.

1o lcharacter provi provision of 2o manner that they will 3o ing wheels with .35 hereinafter described and Fig. 6 issI perspecextending struts 6 and rearwardly frame is covered with canvas s PATENT OFFICE.

Amami. l.

no. 881,3 7. l

f To all whom may cwtccm:

Be it known .that I, JOHN W.' 4Morrisonsnr, a citizen of the United States, residin at Columbus, in the conny of Franklin` an 5 State'o Ohio, have invented certain new and l useful Improvements in Air-Ships, of which l My invention relates to air ships `and has for its object the rovision of adevice of this dhd .with improved lifting means adapted to lift the vessel bodilyunder' theinfluence of a powerful. motor and with, out the use of a gas bag'. v A. further object of theinventionis the wheels for' devices of this character, these wheels being constructed in such manner as rto present a great area to the air Whilev aty the same time being constructed in such bevery light. lurtherohjects and advantages of the Aiii- .vention will be set forth in the detailed description which nowfollows. in the accompanying `drawings lFigure 1 is side elevation of. an air ship constructedlin accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is s transverse vertical section through said air ship upon line acof Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is adetail 'perspective view of one of the lifting or dri,v' the canvas coverin yomitted vfrom a portionthereof, Fig. is a etail sectional vview illustrating the arrangement of the motor parts, Fig. 5 is a partial plan illustrating the arrangement of side wings 'tive view of one of the lifting canvas covering removed.

Refen'ing to the drawing, the numeral -5 designates a housing, from which forwardly extending struts 7 extend. A vertical bearing 8 located at the rear of the frame receives avertical shaft 9-whicl1 comprises a portion of a rudder frame 10. The rear portion of this wheels with the l Specification of Letters Patent. Apenas@ and om 9, 1cm. no 306,540.

y l they may be a steering wheel, if desired.

improved and driving Vfrom .the

or like light material V,11. Extensions 12, only one -of which `is shown, project from opposite sides of the shaft 9 and cords 13 secured to these extensions. extend forwardly and over ulleys 14 to the interior of the housing 5 w ere-l d to' th im fromv side 'to si e,.or ey may p secured to equated 1o, was;

gro' SARAH J.' MONTGOMERY, or p s the rudder..

:A motonl is located Within the housing l.

5 and is adapted to impart movement too. gear wheel 16. vThis gear wheel meshes with a pinion 17 and a transmission gear 78 of any vdesired construction and which? forms no art ofthe present invention,.is interposed tween the pinion 17 andthe motor. The gear wheel 16 is mounted upon a shaft land this shaft carries a gear-wheel 19 which.

meshes with pinions 20 and 21. 20 is upon a downwardly extending vertice)y vshaitv 22 and the pinion 21 is upon `an u wardly extending verticaly shaft 23. T e. lifting wheelsf24 and 25 are mounted vupou these shafts22 `and 23 struction of these4 wheels will be hereinafter set forth.y l 1 n The shaft 18 is connected by 'a transmission lgear 26 with a pinion 27 and this` inion meshes with a ear wheel '28 which 1s fast u on ayforwar yv t. e front endf t lforwardly rojecting shaft is a propelling' wheel 30 the detail Vconstruction ofwhich is similar to thedetail construction ofthe lift` Whee1s24 and25. The-shaft 29 carries a with a gear Wheel y32 and isfast upon a'shsft 33, this-shaft 33 being mounted 1n bearings 34. The shaft 33 carries `a lar e -gear wheel 35 which is fast upon a rearwaril shaft 37. This rearwardly extendi s carries atits rear end a propelling w eel 38 that is similar in construction to, thelpropelling. wheel 30. Supports '39 extend downwardly from the outer ends Of the members 6 rojecting, shaft 29.' lS'At; 47.5`

The pinion pimon-31 which meshes and 7 andserveto hold the wheel 25 away ground when the ship is-at rest.

`At each end of the framework formed hyl f upon each side'of. the ship, extending rods 40 are arranged (see Figs. 1 and 2). These rods are provided at their outer ends with hearings for shafts43 and these shafts carry sprocket Wheels44 over which sprocket chains 45 pass. These sprocket chains also pass over :sprocket wheels 46`which are mounted upoillongitudi- 10G ly extending hafll'l l :ring to Fig. 3, this construction will now be nally .extending shafts l 47 and these shafts are driven by sprocket chains 48 and 49 from y a sprocket Wheel 50 which is located .within the.housing5. Motion may be imparted to the 'sprocket Wheel 50 by any desired means. I prefer to actuate thlsjs rocket Wheel manually.y Wound upont ese shafts 47 are sheets `of canvas 51 which are connected at describedz Each of these wheels comprises i ariin' 53 which is substantially hexagonal in arranged just above every alternate radial .form and is connected b radial spokes 54 -with a hub 55. A secon radial spoke 56 is spoke 54, andthe inner ends of. these` spokes 56 are upturned as at 57 and secured to a scc- 'ond hub 58 which lies in alinement with the hub 55. vertically disposed `members 59 connect the spokes 54 and 56 attheir outer ends and from the juncture of these spokes, upwardly extending' members A60 are inclined toward the next spoke head. The members 0 60 are .inclined outwardly also to a sli lit extent and' substantially vertical inem ers 61 v are connected to the members' 60 by a member 62. An inclined bar 63 extends from the juncture ofthe members 61 and 62 to a point 64. and is then connected by a short .piece v,65 with the hub 58. Vertical .members 66 further brace and` strengthen the structure. .ln Fig. 3 only one of the wings or canvas ycoverings.has been illustrated. This coversecured to the members 60, 62 and 63 and is laced down over the spoke 56 and, to .the spoke 54 as at fi'and it is this canvas-surface that acts ,against the air to lift the ship or to drive it forward as the case may be. The canvas covering 68 has been omitted from tlie'rest of the skeleton framework of tliewheeliri Fig.' 4 to preserve the clearness olf the drawing. It Willlie seen,` however, that 'there are three supporting surfaces for lhe purpose of provi ing the gear'wheels 32 and and the shaft 33 instead of ruiming itlie lshafts fdirectly over to the shaft 37 is teclear the shalt 23, for the shafts 23 and-37 are 1n central alinement with the housin and some means for permitting one of these s afts to clear the other must be provided.

'lheoperationof the device is as follows: When power is a plied to thelifting Wheels 'presented by the lifting wheel actingunder the influence of a velg? powerful motor, will 'uit the machine bo ily from the ground,

y wheel carried b r 'disposed members extending upwardlY ,these canvas fra'iiies u on each of the Wheels.

24; and 25 from t ie motor, the large surfaces while' the Wheels 30 and 38 will pro el it for Ward. vIt is designed t' drive t e liftinr 65 Wheels at substantiall a given rate of speer and to control the li 'ting power, the xrings formed by the canvas sheets 51 are provided.

for if the machine be rising at a given rate speed and these canvas sheets bc innvwoiit 70 Wardly a short distance, they will serve to check the rise of the ship b virtue of the fact that air from the large liftinf'r wlieel 24 will strike against them. The wheel 24 extends 4 over the entire length of the ship and while being extremely light, presents a very large area to come upon the airin lifting the ship.

What I claim, is:

1. In a device ol the character described, the combination with a supporting framework, of a motor 'carried b said framework, horizontally disposed l' ting wheels driven by vsaidmotor, andwings adapted to be moved outwardly beneath one of said lifting wheelsI for the purpose set oil'th, said Wings at all times lying in the downwardly moving lcurrent of air from the litin wheel.

2. In a device 'of the c aracter described, the combination with a supporting` framework, of a motor carried by said framework, an upwardly extending shaft driven. by said motor, a lifti Wliee carried by said upwardly extending shaft, a downi 'rdly extending shaft driven by said mot f a lifting said ownwardlvfextending shaft, a forwar ly extending shaft driven by said motor, a propplling wheel carried bv said forwardly exten g s ait, a rearward y extending rudder, means or actuati said rudder from the su porting rameworii, and outwardly mcvab e horizontally dis osed wings adapted to be moved outward y beneath the uppermost lifting Wheel, said Wings at all timeslying in the downwardl moving current ofair from the lifting Whse 8; A wheel of the character described coinprising a rim, a hub, and a plurality of radial spokes connected' to said hub, of a pluralit of radial spokes disposed in 'advance of eac of the iirst named .radial spokes, vertically from the juncture of the rim and each of e first named radial spokes that Lies in advanceof the last named radial spokes, inclined mein bers connectin the upper ends .of said upwardly extern in members with the last `i` named radial spo'es, inclined members soif? meeting. said upwardly extending members with the outer ends of the last named spokes, i

and coverings carried b -said members, sub- 129 stantiallyxhas shown an described.

A. Wheel of the character set forth comprising a rim, a plurality of radial spolres 54 connected to 'said rim, and a hub to Awhich said spokes are connected, ay plurality of suply12 plementel iiliiicl spokes 5.6 disposed over sense? f a every other radial spoke 54, e 'plurality of theyspokes 56, a'nd canvas coverings 68 severtically disposed members 61-`extending cured to the members 60, 63 and54. 10 .upwardly from the juncture of .every other i Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature spoke 54 with the rim, a centrally` disposed in presence of two witnesses.

supplemental hub 58, inclined members 63 JGHN W. MONTGOMERY. connecting the vertically. disposed members 'Witnesses 61 and hub 58, inclined members 60 connect- A.. L. PHELPS,

ing the vertically disposed members 6i and L. vCARL S'ronenroiv. 

